Instead of trying to actively manage investments in singles and doubles have you considered investing passively in syndications?

Not sure about maple heights/cleveland, but just down the road here in Akron, the Akron housing authority maintains a list of properties and landlords who are actively interested in providing section 8 housing.

Some great info can be found on the PropertyInvesting.com.au forum and Somsersoft.comI use to be quite active on these forums before I moved to the US.

For example, population growth in certain neighborhoods and increased investor activity have created opportunities for both long-term rentals and value-add deals.If you’re torn between wholesaling and holding long-term rentals, I’d suggest thinking about your long-term goals.

  $31k after tax annual income - $11k rent = $20k or $1,600 per month net income left to cover all other expenses (utilities, cars, insurance, groceries, kids, activities, etc.).Median household income for 38128 is $41k or $36k after tax

Full disclosure - I'm a local resident currently actively looking to move away. 

You have to be an active manager and many current owners are not wanting a second job and are selling.

I always check active rentals to see what the competition is currently looking like for if a rental were to go live that month too.

ask them for recent permit pulls in the county and go look them up to verify activity. you can also call the local building department to verify their license and recent activity. if you don't see any run for the hills. 

I could complete the main road in phases, build 2-3 at a time (could do more really as we have 15 right now actively being built but realistically not sure how fast it’ll sell.